Idioms and

expressions
 WHAT’S AN
IDIOM?
An idiom is a commonly used expression whose meaning does
not relate to the literal meaning of its words.
 iDIOMS
with body
parts
✗ All ears
✗ Head over heels
✗ Learn by heart
✗ On the tip of my tongue
✗ Hit the bull’s eye

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 “All ears”
If someone says that they are all ears, they mean that they
are ready and eager to listen.
➔ I was all ears when my grandfather told me about his crazy youth.
➔ A: I have to tell you something.
B: Let me finish this task and then I’ll be all ears.
➔ The majority of the students were all ears during the speech.
 “Head over heels”
To be deeply in love

➔ Rigsby is head over heels for Van Pelt.

➔ My sister is head over heels for her new boyfriend.
 “Learn (sth) by heart”
To memorize

➔ I learned the multiplication tables by heart in Kumon.

➔ Learn this new idioms by heart.
 “On the tip of my tongue”
Something about to be said if you can remember it.

➔ I know her, her name is on the tip of my tongue, but it won’t come to me.
➔ I have the answer on the tip of my tongue.
 “Hit the bull’s eye”
1. Literally to hit the circle in the center of a target.
2. To have the desired effect.
➔ Your idea really hit the bull’s eye.
➔ She knows how to hit the bull’s eye.
 iDIOMS to
talk about
the past
✗ The rest is history
✗ Once upon a time
✗ Ring a bell
✗ Ship has sailed
✗ A thing of the past

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 “The rest is history”
When telling a story , we say the rest is history to mean that the rest of the
story is already well known and doesn’t need to be repeated.

➔ We met while we were working and, well, the rest is history.

➔ He joined his father's hamburguer company, and the rest is history.
 “Once upon a time”
In everyday speech, it is used to talk about a time long ago or used as the
opening line of a fairy tale.

➔ Once upon a time, it was safe to walk around this town at night.
➔ Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess named Snow White.
➔ Once upon a time he was a famous actor.
 “Ship has sailed”
When an opportunity has passed by and it’s too late to do anything about it, we say the
ship has sailed.

➔ I always dreamed of becoming a professional football player but I’m too old now; that ship
has sailed.
 “Ring a bell”
If something rings a bell, it reminds you of something from the past that you can’t quite
remember clearly.

➔ Her name rings a bell but I can’t remember how I know her.
 “A thing of the past”
If something is a thing of the past, it doesn’t happen or exist any more.

➔ Dial-up modems are a thing of the past.

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